keel hauled

[keel-hawl]

keel·haul

[keel-hawl]
verb (used with object)
1.
Nautical. to haul (an offender) under the bottom of a ship and up on the other side as a punishment.
2.
to rebuke severely.
Also, keel·hale [keel-heyl] .
Also called keel·drag [keel-drag] , keel·rake [keel-reyk] .


Origin:
1660–70; < Dutch kielhalen. See keel1, haul
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